ISBN:
9789004682610
Language:
French
Pages:
XI, 367 Seiten
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Series Statement:
Christians and Jews in Muslim societies volume 10
Series Statement:
Christians and Jews in Muslim societies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Erol, Su, 1980 - Les Syriaques orthodoxes d'Istanbul
DDC:
305.6/749618
Keywords:
Syriac Christians Social conditions
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Globalization Religious aspects
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Oriental Orthodox churches
;
Christianity and culture
;
Istanbul (Turkey) Social conditions
;
Istanbul
;
Orthodoxe Gemeinde
;
Syrer
Abstract:
"The Syriac Orthodox community is a religious minority which has been neglected for a long time by the Ottoman and Turkish historiography. This book aspires to provide a method and information for a new understanding of the community in the contemporary context. Based on a fieldwork consisting of interviews, participant observations complemented by historical and contemporary texts, it reveals the emergence of new socio-political dynamics among the Syriacs of Istanbul in their relationship to Turkish contemporary society and diaspora. The survey shows that these Eastern Christians have been, and are today, under the influence of a larger phenomenon, that is the globalization of Christianity, marked by Catholicism and recent forms of Protestantism"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Im Titel ist das "e" in XXIe hochgestellt
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